The Swingles discography

The Paris-based Swingle Singers recorded regularly for Philips in the 1960s and early 1970s and the successor London-based group continued to record, for Columbia / CBS, Virgin Classics and other record labels from 1974 to the present.

The Swingle Singers (Paris, 1962 – 1973)

 * Jazz Sébastien Bach (1963) Philips – a.k.a. Bach's Greatest Hits
 * Going Baroque / de Bach aux Baroques (1964) Philips
 * Swinging Mozart (1965) Philips – a.k.a. Anyone for Mozart?
 * Les Romantiques (1965) Philips – a.k.a. Getting Romantic
 * Swingling Telemann (1966) Philips – a.k.a. Rococo À Go Go
 * Place Vendôme with the Modern Jazz Quartet (1966) Philips – a.k.a. Encounter
 * Sounds of Spain: Concerto d'Aranjuez (1967) Philips – a.k.a. Spanish Masters
 * Operazione San Pietro (movie soundtrack) (1968) C.A.M.
 * Noëls Sans Passeport (1968) Philips – a.k.a. Christmastime
 * Jazz Sébastien Bach, Vol. 2 (1968) Philips – a.k.a. Back to Bach
 * American Look (1969) Philips
 * Sinfonia: Luciano Berio conducting the New York Philharmonic and Swingle Singers (1969) Columbia / CBS
 * Faisceaux-Diffractions / Swingle Novae (1972) Barclay / Inédits ORTF (The Swingle Singers appear on Michel Zbar's Swingle Novae, the second side of this LP.)
 * The Joy of Singing (1972) Philips – a.k.a. Les 4 Saisons, "Le Printemps"
 * Bitter Ending (1972) Epic

Swingle II / The Swingles / The (New) Swingle Singers (London, 1974 – present)

 * Madrigals / Love Songs for Madrigals and Madriguys (1974) CBS 80147 / Columbia
 * Words & Music (1974) CBS
 * Rags and All that Jazz (1976) CBS
 * Lovin' You: Words and Music Vol. 2 (1976) CBS 81546
 * Baroque (1976) CBS
 * Luciano Berio and Swingle II - A-Ronne / Cries Of London (1976) Decca
 * English and French Songs  (1977) RCA
 * Pieces of Eight (1977) CBS 82305
 * Swingle Bells (1978) Moss Music Group / EMI
 * No Time to Talk (1979) CBS
 * Swingle Skyliner (1979) Moss Music Group / EMI
 * Folio (1980) Moss Music Group / EMI
 * The Swingle Singers "Live" in New York '82 (2006) Swing CD R01 (archive release)
 * Reflections (1985)
 * Instrumentals (1986), Polydor
 * Live at Ronnie Scott's (1987)
 * The Swingle Singers Christmas Album (1987) Swing CD 3 - Made in England
 * Nothing But Blue Skies (1988) TRAX (Modem 1009)
 * Azio Corghi: Mazapegul, Ballet for vocal octet and oboe composed in 1985, recorded on Dischi Ricordi CRMCD 1006 (1988)
 * 1812 (1989) Swing CD4, reissued by Virgin Classics (1995) – a mix of 8 studio and 7 live tracks
 * The Bach Album (1991) Swing CD5, reissued by Virgin Classics as Bach Hits Back (1994) augmented of 5 tracks
 * A Cappella Amadeus, A Mozart Celebration (1991) Virgin Classics
 * Around the World, Folk Songs (1991) Virgin Classics – a.k.a. (Around the World) Folk Music
 * Luciano Berio: Sinfonia, Eindrücke (1992) Erato – performance with the Orchestre National de France conducted by Pierre Boulez
 * Notability (1993) Swing CD7
 * The Story of Christmas (1994) Swing CD8, reissued by Primarily A Cappella (1998)
 * Pretty Ring Time (1994) Swing CD9
 * New World (1995) Swing CD10
 * The Swingle Singers Sing Irving Berlin (1996) Sanctuary Records. Re-issue of Nothing But Blue Skies, The Irving Berlin Songbook, a.k.a. A Celebration of the Voice a.k.a. Top Hat White Tie and Tails (2009)
 * The Swingle Singers, Live! (1997) Swing CD11
 * Screen Tested (1998) Swing CD12
 * Noels San Passeport) (2000)
 * Ticket to Ride - A Beatles Tribute (1999) Swing CD15, reissued by Primarily A Cappella (2002)
 * Keyboard Classics (2000) Swing CD16, reissued by Primarily A Cappella (2002) – a.k.a. Dabadaba Classics, King
 * Live in Japan (2001) Swing CD17 (recorded in December 2000)
 * Mood Swings (2002) Swing CD18 – Primarily A Cappella, a.k.a. Dabadaba Swing, King
 * Retrospective: The 40th Anniversary Show (2003) Swing CD19 - Primarily A Cappella (live)
 * Unwrapped (2004) Swing CD20 - Signum – a.k.a. Just Voices: A Cappella Christmas (Evosound)
 * The Swingle Singers (2005)
 * Dido's Lament (2005) Swing CD S01 – EP
 * Beauty and the Beatbox (2007) Signum – with beatbox artist, Shlomo
 * Anthology (2009)
 * A Celebration of the Voice (2009)
 * Ferris Wheels (2009) Swing CD22
 * Spotlight on Bach {2010)
 * Yule Songs (2011) Swing CD23 – EP
 * Back to Bach (2012)
 * Weather to Fly (2013) World Village
 * Deep End (2015)
 * Yule Songs II (2015)
 * Folklore (2017)
 * A Cappella Christmas Favorites (2018)
 * Snapshots, Volume 1 (2020)
 * Snapshots, Volume 2 (2021)

Notable compilations

 * Anyone for Mozart, Bach, Handel, Vivaldi? (1986) Philips / Phonogram France – a single disc combining Anyone for Mozart? (a.k.a. Swinging Mozart) and Going Baroque (a.k.a. de Bach aux Baroques), minus one track from the latter ("Allegro" from Händel's Concerto Grosso Op. 6)
 * Compact Jazz: The Swingle Singers (1987) Mercury – a single disc compilation of the complete Place Vendôme collaboration of the Paris-based Swingle Singers with the Modern Jazz Quartet (a.k.a. Encounter), complemented with 6 tracks from Getting Romantic and 3 tracks from Spanish Masters / Sounds of Spain
 * Compilation Album (Reflections & Live at Ronnie Scotts) (1989) Swing CD1/2
 * Jazz Sebastian Bach (2000) Philips / Phonogram – a single disc combining Bach's Greatest Hits (a.k.a. Jazz Sébastien Bach) and Back to Bach (a.k.a. Jazz Sébastien Bach 2)
 * Swingle Singers (2005) Philips – 11 disc boxed set of all 11 Philips recordings (from 1963~1972) by the original Swingle Singers
 * (Best of) The Swingle Singers (2005) Virgin Classics – a single disc compilation of 15 tracks from the 4 albums from the London-based group published in the early 1990s by Virgin Classics: 1 track from 1812, 5 tracks from Bach Hits Back, 5 tracks from Around the World, Folk Songs and 4 tracks from A Cappella Amadeus, A Mozart Celebration. The same compilation had been published by Virgin France in 1991 with the title Swingle Singers La Compilation
 * The Swingle Singers: Anthology (2009) Virgin Classics – 4 disc boxed set of the 4 previously released Virgin Classics albums from the London-based group of the late 1980s / early 1990s
 * Swing Sing (2009) Sony – a single disc compilation of tracks from Swingle II (London) recordings of the 1970s on CBS Records, culled from Rags and All that Jazz (complete), Lovin' You: Words and Music vol. 2 (6 tracks), Words and Music (2 tracks) and No Time to Talk (1 track)
 * Collection (2011) (SWINGCD-B1) - box set of 3 previously released SWINGCD albums: Ticket To Ride (1999), Keyboard Classics (2000), and Mood Swings (2002)

Other recordings

 * Idsteiner Schloss Konzerte 79/80
 * Sonnets of Desolation / Visions and Spels (1984) Composers Recordings, Inc. (CRI) SD 515 – "features The New Swingle Singers on side one performing Ben Johnston's "Sonnets of Desolation" and the New Verbal Workshop on side two performing Johnston's "Visions and Spels"
 * Let's All Get Together (1984) – with Ad Libitum and The Bengt Hallberg Trio

References and external links

 * The Swingles website
 * [ Swingle Singers discography at allmusic.com]
 * The Swingle Singers at singers.com
 * Olive Simpson discography
 * www.singers.com
 * bbc.uk
 * discogs.com
 * microgroove.jp Philips discography
 * latitude45arts.com